LSG vs PBKS in IPL today: Challenge to win at home ground in Lucknow, here the team has never won from Punjab; Possible playing-11

Today in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a match will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings. The 11th match of the league stage will be held at the home ground Atal Bihahi Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow. Lucknow is waiting for its first win, while Punjab has won one out of two matches and has lost one.

Last year, when both the teams last met in IPL, Lucknow had scored 257 runs in 20 overs. However, Punjab has won the only match between the two in Lucknow.

Lucknow's batting is strong, Rahul's strike rate is a challenge
Lucknow Super Giants had to face defeat by 20 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the first match of the tournament. The team had reached the winning position but the team lost due to the weakness of captain KL Rahul batting at a strike rate of 132 and Nicholas Pooran not being able to finish. Now on the home ground, the responsibility of scoring most of the team's runs will be on these two batsmen.

Lucknow also has attacking players like Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis and Ayush Badoni. Among bowlers, Naveen Ul-Haq took 2 wickets in the first match against Lucknow. Krunal Pandya was the only bowler whose economy was less than 5, all the rest were thrashed. In such a situation, the team needs better performance from its bowlers.

There is no dearth of attacking batsmen in Punjab too, bowling is also strong
Punjab defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets in its first match on home ground. But the team lost against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets. Now the team will again enter Lucknow to get back on the winning track, where the team has a good record.

Punjab's batting line-up is also top class. Jonny Bairstow opens with captain Shikhar Dhawan. After him, the team has attacking batsmen in the form of Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingston and Prabhsimran Singh. Karan is also the top run scorer of the team.

Among the bowlers, left arm spinner Harpreet Brar has taken 3 wickets. In the last match against RCB, he took 2 wickets for just 13 runs on the batting friendly pitch of Bengaluru. Experienced bowlers like Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar and Karan are present to support them.

Lucknow ahead in head to head
So far 3 matches have been played in IPL between Lucknow Supergiants and Punjab Kings. Lucknow won in 2 and Punjab won in only one. This match was won by Punjab on its home ground in Lucknow.

pitch report
Last year, spinners dominated the entire 7 matches on the Lucknow pitch. Low scoring matches were seen and the batsmen found it very difficult to score runs. This time too, if a similar pitch is available then both the teams will focus on playing more spinners. Also, the team winning the toss will prefer to bat first.

weather condition
There will be no possibility of rain in Lucknow on Saturday. There will be sunshine throughout the day. Even at night the temperature will remain between 26 to 33 degrees Celsius.

Possible 11 of both the teams
Lucknow Supergiants: KL Rahul (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan and Naveen Ul-Haq.
Impact: Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harshal Patel and Kagiso Rabada.
Impact: Arshdeep Singh.